The Pioneer Lay Franciscan Puthenparampil Thommechan

includes index and biblioraphy

Prologue ...........................17 The People of Kerala..............................22 St. Francis and third order..........................27 Birth and early years..................30 Thommechan turns ascetic..............................37 Branded Revolutionary...........................45 at the head of the third order.................................50 Thommechan`s love of poverty .............53 Humility........................55 Obedience......................59 His Devotional Life.........................63 Thommechan and lent..................................71 Sense of justice and social awareness....................76 Death and burial..........................................81 Tommechan in the eyes of others...............................84 The relevance of franciscan tertiaries in the Modern world................91 The franciscan third Order in Kerala........................111 Epilogue..................114